Variable list*



country				country name
iso3				iso three letter code
id_cow				correlates of war ID
year				year of observation
merch_trad_pct			merchandise trade as % of GDP
trade_pct			Total trade as a % of GDP
state_rev_source		state revenue source scale
cs_repress			civil society repression
urb_rur_excl			urban-rural exclusion index
fh_civlib			freedom house civil liberties measure
fh_polright			freedom house political rights measure
igo				number of active IGOs
ngo				number of active INGOs
gdp				gross domestic product
pop_tot				total population
gdp_pc				GDP per capita
ext_debt_dol			external debt (millions of dollars)
rur_pop_pct			rural population as % of total population
fixed_tel_100			Land lines per 100 of the population
mob_tel				mobile telephone subscription count
ext_debt_pct			external debt as a % of GDP
inc_grp				country income group classification
inc_grp95			country income group classification in 1995
hdi				human development index
gdp_grow			GDP_growth
elect_dem_vdem			electoral democracy index (VDEM)
polity2				electoral democracy index (POLITY !V)		
work_pop_chg			working age population change
stat_capacity_index		statistical capacity index
int_forum_igf			IGF forum attendance
tot_ext_debt_curr_us		total external debt (dollars)
fdi_inward_mil_curr_dol		inward FDI, millions of dollars
expt_concentration_index	export concentration index


*For more details, see the variable description section in the paper
